Tony Harris is a Professor in the Department of Cell and Systems Biology. He completed his Bachelor's degree at Western University and his Ph.D. at the University of Toronto.

Professor Harris's lab pursues how cells and tissues are built. Using the Drosophila embryo as a model system, their core approach is to manipulate molecules with genetics and to visualize effects on molecular complexes, cells and tissues using spinning disk confocal microscopy. They investigate how cytoskeletal networks form and function to shape cells and tissues, studying specific molecular regulators of these networks as well as how distinct networks impact each other, the cell cortex, and cell-cell adhesion complexes for multicellular development. They study cell polarity (how pathways direct assembly of molecular materials to particular locations of the cell), self-organization (how molecular control circuits amplify or downregulate complex formation), and emergent, multi-scale effects (how the positioning and activities of molecular materials induce physical changes to whole cells or tissues). Their fundamental research is relevant to human diseases, regenerative medicine, bioengineering, and materials science.

Currently, Professor Harris is a member of CIHR College of Reviewers and Faculty of 1000 (Pattern formation section).